Jamal Anderson refused breath test, police struggled to wake him

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Jul 2, 2012

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has obtained the police report from Anderson’s arrest, and among the details is the fact that Anderson refused to take a breath test an odd decision for someone who was just tired, not drunk. The lawyers for former Falcons… (more) running back Jamal Anderson say he was just tired when he was arrested for driving drunk last week. The officer tapped Anderson several times and still didn’t wake him, and it wasn’t until after Anderson had been handcuffed that he finally woke up. “I tapped on Mr. Anderson’s window several times in an attempt to wake him up. Mr. Anderson did not wake up,” the arresting officer wrote in his report. Anderson was clearly very tired: The police found him asleep at the wheel of his SUV in the middle lane of Chamblee-Tucker Road in DeKalb County, and they couldn’t wake him, even though they tried repeatedly. Eventually two police officers came and used their cars to block in the SUV to keep it from moving if Anderson were to awaken, or hit the gas pedal in his sleep.

Police: Tried repeatedly to awake Jamal Anderson before DUI arrest

Police tried several times to awaken Jamal Anderson the night the former Falcons running back was charged with DUI, and eventually had to go through the sunroof to get into the SUV he was driving, according to an incident report obtained Monday.